Torture Methods of Polish Secret Police

UB (pol. Urzad Bezpieczenstwa, Bezpieka ) and SB (pol. Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa) expended considerable efforts to "break" the men and women who fell into their hands. There are three main utilitarian motivations for subjecting people to torture: extract information, terrorize those still at large and resistant, and to break down the personality and rebuild it in more pliable ways.